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DIY: Chinese Visa application
If you want to: visit Beijing’s Forbidden City and the Great Wall, see the terracotta warriors of Xi’an, play with the pandas in Chengdu, visit Tibet, enjoy the scenery of Guilin, or do some shopping...
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China – Guangzhou (part 1)
April 9, 2010 My flight for Guangzhou, my first in mainland China, left late at night. After a short almost 2 hours flight, the flight attendant welcomed us in 3 languages upon touchdown (English,...
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China- Guangzhou (part 2)
April 10, 2010 China is the most populous country in the world. Expect huge crowds in popular areas like the train station. Also, it is common practice to buy train tickets in advance especially during...
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China – Guilin (part 1)
April 11, 2010 Woke up when the train got to Guilin. I’m excited already! It was cold and foggy when we got off the train. The next thing I noticed was a group of travelers (they were whites and they...
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China – Xingping (part 1)
April 11, 2010 After a lovely Li River cruise, our next goal was to find and check in at our guesthouse in Xingping. Our boat unloaded the four of us to a small bank where a few vendors and...
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China – Xingping (part 2)
April 11, 2010 While we were cruising the Li River and admiring the views we were seeing, I asked my companion if it were possible to climb one of those mountains and he said yes. Amazingly, the inn...
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China – Yangshuo (part 1)
April 12, 2010 It was time to go to Yangshuo, our last destination for my week long vacation in China. There is a bus terminal in Xingping and it’s just a short walk from our inn, come to think of it,...
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Best of Travel Photos: My 7 Super Shots
Aleah of Solitary Wanderer a.k.a. the infamous writer of “Date A Girl Who Travels” kindly included me in this online tagging that’s been going on that was started by HostelBookers 7 Super Shots. You’re...
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DIY: Visiting the Terra Cotta Warriors
We included a visit to Xi’an for one goal and that is to see the terra cotta warriors! The greatest archeological find of our generation. They were discovered by some farmers who were trying to dig up...
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China 1 Week Itinerary
Great wall. Terra cotta warriors. Dumplings. Maglev. Beijing. These (are just some of the many) things come to mind when I think of China. I’ve been to China before but visited Yangshuo and Guilin for...
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